The physiological capacity of an individual to maintain optimal function, resilience, and biomarker profiles that belie their actual calendar age, reflecting superior intrinsic biological aging management. This resistance is often observable through sustained endocrine vitality and robust cellular maintenance systems. It signifies a successful decoupling of chronological time from biological wear.
Origin
This term originates in the field of biogerontology, contrasting objective chronological measurement with functional biological assessment. It emphasizes the dynamic nature of aging processes rather than mere time passage. In hormonal health, it relates to preserving the sensitivity and output capacity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis over decades.
Mechanism
Resistance operates through epigenetic stability, effective management of oxidative stress, and sustained telomere maintenance within critical cell populations, including those producing regulatory peptides. Effective hormonal signaling ensures that cellular machinery remains responsive and capable of high-fidelity replication and function. High chronological age resistance correlates with optimized mitochondrial function across vital organ systems.
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